Robert Marion Berry

Robert Marion Berry (27 August 1942-) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D) from Arkansas' 1st district from 3 January 1997 to 3 January 2011, succeeding Blanche Lincoln and preceding Rick Crawford.

Biography
Robert Marion Berry was born in Stuttgart, Arkansas on 27 August 1942, the son of a rice farmer, and he was raised in Bayou Meto. He worked as a pharmacist before owning a soybeans and rice business, and he became a city alderman in Gillett, Arkansas in 1976 as a member of the Democratic Party of Arkansas. In 1986, Governor Bill Clinton named Berry a member of the Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Commission, serving until 1994. From then until 1996, he was a member of the White House Domestic Policy Council and President for Agricultural Trade and Food Assistance. In 1997, Berry won election to the US House of Representatives as a Blue Dog Democrat, and he voted against the 2001 tax cuts, favored the lifting of the embargo on Cuba, voted in favor of the Iraq War, and opposed Obamacare.